Telegram opinion on Carstensen Right To Work case
Columbus readers recall the December Telegram feature on Robert Carstensen’s $174 million suit against Spencer Foods and Amalgamated Meat Cutters. National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation backs Carstensen before a 1973 Omaha jury, sparking wide coverage and debate on the right to work.
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Columbus
Telegram
Robert Carstensen
Spencer Foods
Schuyler
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Worksmen of North America
Afl-Cio
Carstensen
Trias
Omahassimeme
Save Foundation
William V. Buckley
Commientatr
Welfare and Strikes sparked by Westinghouse walkout
United Electrical workers at Westinghouse Lester Pa strike in 1970 71 lasting 5 days to 25 1971. Union welfare payments kept strikers afloat with 2.8 million public funds aiding destitute and flyer of a study by University of Pennsylvania Wharton. The report warns welfare use could cost over 365 million yearly and press for expanded public aid while questioning long term impact on workers and firms.
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Seffie
United Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers of America
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Lester
Industrial Research Unit
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School of Finance
Wharton
Dinosaurs studied as eggshell thinning explains extinction theory
Researchers examining eight dinosaur eggs from a rock wall near Corbières in the Pyrenees confirm a theory that eggshell thinning allowed a late survival window. The debate shifts to why shells became so fragile as scientists rule out DDT as the culprit.
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Corbieries IV
French Pyrenees
Wotepmigh
Barbs and Bits From Pri Pattorel's Scribbles
A playful jumble of quirky lines on society, debt, weather, and daily life. It muses on the national debt, dawn routines, language quirks, and odd observations about phones, coffee, and computers with a humorous, fragmentary tone.
Costly diplomacy amid Hanoi reconstruction plans
A satirical account imagines US damage control experts touring Hanoi after bombing, evaluating rebuild costs from a $2.3 billion baseline to potential $40 million estimates, and joking about bridges, factories, and a new Kissinger Hilton as reconstruction fantasies unfold.
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Washington
United States
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Christmss
U.S
Ma Gao
Ube
Hiedantage
Telegram freedom newspaper pledge from Columbus Nebraska
A short declaration dated Tuesday February 6 1972 in Columbus Nebraska promotes freedom as self control not a government grant. It emphasizes responsibility, moral guides, and calls for peace beginning now.
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Your Freedom
Goldes
Donating your body to science a guide by LamblMD
Dear Dr Lamb answers about donation to science or medical study. It notes that a signed donor card witnessed by two people enables body bequest to medical universities if death occurs. It reviews the book Death as a Pact of Life by David Hendin and cites experts on transplant ethics and coping with dying.
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Seill Turdes
Order of Dulles
Washington
Ho Chi Minh
America
Damece
Iistead
Lincoln
Holland
North Vietnam
Air Force
Lawrence Lamb
M.D
Dr. Lamb
David Hendin
W. W. Norton & Company
Fifth Avenue
New York
The
Kidney Foundation
Vony
Hendin
Denton Coaley
Cooley
Puzzle clues and garbled letter grid tease reader
A scrambled crossword style list of clues and partial phrases appears for Olio Across and Down. Numerous entries show misread letters and broken words, offering a dense collection of cryptic style hints with irregular capitalization and spacing, inviting solvers to reconstruct names, places, and terms.
Not Blaming Vietnam For All Our Troubles
A reader disputes the notion that the Vietnam war alone explains American disarray. He critiques revisionist takes, argues broader societal forces shape attitudes toward government and family, and warns against overestimating national dysfunction.
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Washington
Vietnam
Vic
Arkansas Revisited Explores Little Rock Growth and Industry
The piece surveys Little Rock as Arkansa’s economic, political, and cultural hub, highlighting Greek Revival capitol architecture, modern high rises, and diverse crops now grown with mechanization. It notes industrial expansion, worker adaptability, and a shift from farm to city shaping the state’s development.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Theew
trans-Mississippi States
Italy
Arkansas Territory
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Sensing the News: Arkansas Business and Public Spending
Anthony Harrigan Barats argues Arkansas must curb state and federal spending to sustain growth. He warns bureaucratic expansion, rising debt, and strong lobbying threaten private investment and prudent fiscal policy.
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Russellville
Lille Rock
Arkansas
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Dawn
Hoking
Robert E
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Carterera
Ivstand
Wsix
Owefold Lee
Antwer
Prevour
Purle
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White House
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Anthony Harrigan Barats
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Samwell
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